Author: Alasdair Paine

But the angel said to them, “Do not be afraid.  I bring you good news of great joy that will be for all the people.”  (Luke 2:10, NIV)Last year in…

And be thankful. (Colossians 3:15, NIV)In America it is Thanksgiving weekend.  The whole nation takes the final Thursday of November as a day of “Thanksgiving and praise to our beneficient Father…

They are senseless, faithless, heartless, ruthless. (Romans 1:31, NIV 1984)In the aftermath of the atrocities in Paris last week, much attention is rightly being given to the practical question of how…

I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I receive news about you.  I have no one else like…

Jesus replied, “Very truly I tell you, no one can see the kingdom of God unless they are born again.”   (John 3:3, NIV)Have you noticed how strange it is…

Then he said to them, ‘The Sabbath was made for man, not man for the Sabbath.’(Mark 2:27, NIV)I’ve just tried typing “work-life balance” into Amazon.  It came up with a…

"You, therefore, have no excuse, you who pass judgment on someone else, for at whatever point you judge another, you are condemning yourself, because you who pass judgment do the…

But God raised him [Jesus] from the dead, and for many days he was seen by those who had travelled with him from Galilee to Jerusalem.  They are now his…

"Blessed are the merciful, for they will be shown mercy." (Matthew 5:7, NIV)Since the spring, the refugee crisis has dominated our screens.  We have seen heart-rending images of desperate people…

"Now the earth was formless and empty, darkness was over the surface of the deep, and the Spirit of God was hovering over the waters.  And God said, “Let there…